The Trump Administration Is Channeling Dr. Evil

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To the Trump administration, there’s no such thing as a mere policy problem. Everything, it seems, must be an “emergency,” an “insurrection,” an “invasion.” It’s government by feigned panic, rule by performative hyperbole.

Want to unilaterally impose whopping across-the-board tariffs? No problem: Declare a “national emergency” and invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to address trade deficits, reciprocity, and value-added taxes.